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JOHN C. MOORE, OF EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND.

HARVESTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,652, dated May 10,1898.

Application filed October 15,1896. Serial No. 609,083- (No model.)Patented in France June 11, 1896, No. 257,163; in Germany June 18,1896,ITo.91,255; in Sweden June 28, 1896,11'0. 8,318; in Italy June 27, 1896,LXXXII, 279 in Norway July 8, 1896,110. 5,336; in Canada September 25,1896, No. 58,581, and in Spain November 21,1896,No. 19,631.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN CRAWFORD MOORE engineer, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at The Meads, Eastbourne, in the county ofSussex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in orRelating to Reaping and Harvesting Machines, (for which patents havebeen granted to me as follows: in Germany, No. 91,255,dated June 18,1896; in France, No. 257,163, dated June 11, 1896; in Italy,Vol. LXXXII,No. 279, dated June 27,1896; in Spain, No.19,631,dated November 21,1896;.inNorway, No. 5,336,dated July 3, 189.6; in Canada, No. 53,581, datedSeptember 25, 1896, and in Sweden, No. 8,313, dated June 23, 1896,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reaping and harvesting machines; and itconsists in the improved construction and arrangements of certain partsof same by which the mechanism is simplified.

To carry out the above object I employ two 9 or more main road drivingwheels or rollers of suitable diameter and shape, carried in a frame orsupport which is movably or pivotally attached to another frame orsupport, this latter frame or support carrying the mechanism of themachine.

I order that my invention may be fully understood, I now refer to theannexed drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation showing myinvention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of opposite side of machine, showingdivider-chain Fig. 3, a side elevation of intermediate drivingwheel;Fig. 4, a side elevation showing arrangement of chains for driving; Fig.5, a plan view, sectional, of ground-wheels and supportingframes orcarriages; Fig. 6, an end view of roller-bearings; Fig. 7, a sectionalview of same when in position; Fig. 8, an elevation showing stays andelevating chains or bands for elevating the crop to the packers ortyingapparatus; Fig. 9, a view, to enlarged scale, of spring bearing orstays for carrying elevating chains and wheels; Fig. 10, a diagrammaticview of driving-chain-operatin g mechanism; Fig. 11, a rear view,detached, showing traveling apron, eleor any such well-known means.

vator-chains, and divider-board; Fig. 12, a detached rear view ofdriving-chains, groundwheels, and divider-board; Fig. 13, a detail viewhereinafter explained. Fig. 14 is a plan of a part of the ground-wheelsand supporting-frames with the chain 9 attached to the rear end of thepivoted draft-pole and the other end attached to the pivoted wheelframe.

Referring to the figures, in which similar letters refer tocorresponding parts, the ground-wheels a are carried in a frame orsupport 5, which is connected pivotally to another frame or support 0,and upon this frame 0 the mechanism of the machine is carried. Thespindle (1 drives the mechanism of the machine through the medium of thebeveled geared wheels which drive the rod or shaft 9. This spindle druns through the bosses or pivots in bearings h in the frames band 0.dis a clutch operated by the lever j, by means of which the mechanismcan be thrown in or out of operation. The wheel is, upon the end of theshaft g, drives the knife which cuts the crop by means of a connectingrod and crank The other end of the shaft g, through the medium of thewheel Z, drives the reel or tines, packing apparatus, knotter, travelingapron, and elevating-chains by means of chain 45. (Shown in Figs. 10 and12.) The dotted lines in Fig. 1 (marked m) show the tines or reel.

The various parts of the machine which are not shown are of anywell-known construction and arrangement, it not being necessary to showthem, as my invention consists in the improved parts which I amdescribing.

The seat supporting the driver is attached or connected to the outerframe 0, so that the ground-wheels a are between the point of support ofthe seat and the counterbalance-wheel o. By this means the machine is toa great extent balanced upon the ground-wheels a and a considerableamount of unnecessary weight removed from the wheel 4).

. w is a divider-board which is set at a suitable angle. The spikedelevating-chains 7,

which run in the direction of the arrowfin Fig. 12, convey the crop fromthe traveling apron up the inclined surface 9 to the required positionfor tying. This tying appa ratus may be of any convenient constructionand is suitably mounted on the frame 0. The fixed spindle 11, on whichthe wheels carrying the elevatingchains 7 are loosely mounted, iscarried by spring telescopic stays 3, pivoted on the upper shaft 5, asshown in Figs. 8 and 9. By altering the tension of the spring 13,through the medium of the nut 12, which turns upon the thread 14, thetension of the elevating and packing chains 7 may be adjusted. Thesechains are driven by the upper wheels 4 on the shaft 5, which ispreferably driven by a chain from a gear on the front end of theconveyer-roll 6. The lower wheels, with the lower portions of the chains7, lie loosely on the grain to be conveyed.

The draftpole 0 is hinged at p to an additional pole at, which ispivotally attached at r to the support 3 and is connected to the chain9, which passes over the pulley u, supported on frame 0, said chainbeing connected to theframe 12, carrying the ground-wheels a, so thatwhen the horses turn next the cuttingbars the rear end of the additionalpole n will move in a horizontal direction, by which action the innerframe is tilted through the medium of the chain 9 and the frontgroundwheel raised from the ground, thus facilitating the turning of themachine, (which to all intents and purposes will take place on a center,such as the counterbalance-wheel 'u.) The position when turning is shownin Fig. 13. The draft-pole 0 has a vertical movement upon the pivot 19,the end 18 being connected to the rod 16, pivoted to rod 16', which ispivoted at 21 to the support 15 and terminates in a handle 22. Thedriver, sitting upon the seat 23, can thus regulate the height of thecuttingknife from the ground by raising or lowering the end 18 of thedraft-pole 0 through the medium of the handle of lever 22.

If desired, I may affix a platform 24, and the string-box may be affixedto same. Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, all the roller ends 26 are providedwith a ferrule 25 and spindle27. The bearing 28 engages upon thisspindle 27, and the angularportion 29 of same is carried in a support orframe 30 at the end of the rollers. By this means it will be seen thatthe rollers can be very readily removed when required and the twistingof the crop or foreign matter around the spindle is prevented. Theconnection of the ground-wheels a may be of any convenient means-such aschains 39 upon a double sprocket-wheel 40, Fig. 4, or an intermediatewheel 41, Fig. 3and I do not confine myself to any particular form ofconnection or drawing, such as that shown on Fig. 5. In Fig. 10 thewheel 42 is for the purpose of regulating the tension of the chain 45,which operates the tines, traveling apron,conveying-roller,elevating'chains, and tying apparatus.

'of draft, wheels mounted on transverse axles The operation is asfollows: The crop is cut by the knife, falls upon the traveling apron,being guided to same by the divider-board and reels, whence it passes tothe conveyingroller 6, is carried up the incline 9 by theelevating-chains, and thence direct to the packer and knotter. v o

By the use of two frames or supports it will be seen that the machinewill travel much more steadily than heretofore, as the inequalities ofthe ground over which the ground- .wheels pass will not directly affectthe frame carrying the mechanism, as both frames are free to rockindependently of each other.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- 1. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of a mainframe, a wheel-frame pivoted thereto on an axis transverse to the lineof draft, wheels mounted on transverse axles in the wheel-frame, andmeans for lifting one end of the wheel-frame around one of the axles asa fulcrum, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

2. In a harvesting-machine, the combination with a main frame, awheel-frame pivoted thereto on an axis transverse to the line in thewheel-frame, of a draft-pole, an additional pivoted pole to which thedraft-pole is hinged, and a chain connected to the pivoted pole, and tothe wheel-frame, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a harvesting-machine, the combination with a main frame,awheel-frame carrying centrally thereof two wheels connected pivotallyto the main frame, a seat carried by the main frame at one side of thegroundwheels and a counterbalance-wheel at the other side of adraft-pole, a pivoted pole to which the draft-pole is hinged and a chainconnected to the pivoted pole and to the wheelframe and causing it totilt when the draftno pole is turned, substantially as and for thepurposes specified. 1

4. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of a main frame and awheel-frame pivoted thereto and contained within the main frame, saidwheel-frame having pivoted therein two or more carrying-wheels on axeswhich are not coincident, of a driving-spindle, a rod or shaft drivenfrom the said spindle, a clutch connected to the shaft throwing themechan- 12o ism in or out of operation, wheels on the shaft driving thecutting-knife and other parts of the apparatus and means by which thewheelframe may be tilted around the axle of one of the wheels when themachine is turned, sub- 12 5 stantially as and for the purposesspecified.

5. In a harvesting-machine, the combination with a main frame, awheel-frame pivoted thereto and contained within the main frame, and ashaft forming the pivot and driving the mechanism of the machine, of adraft-pole, a In testimony that I claim the foregoing I pivoted polehinged to the same, a chain conhave hereunto set my hand this 16th dayof nected to the pivoted pole and to the wheel- December, 1895 frame andpulleys in the mainframe over JOHN G. MOORE. 5 which the chain passes,substantially as de- Witnesses:

scribed and shown in the accompanying draW- JAMES FLEMING,

ings and for the purposes specified. J. M. E. NEWTON.

